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This project will develop a proof of principle prototype for an advanced EEG system at a price point comparable to current'consumer'devices. The portable, wireless EEG headset will support both a simple, easy-to-use water based electrode and Cognionics'new flexible dry electrode. The cap will automatically position the electrodes into the International 10-20 standard and the electro ...

To accelerate advances in cognitive science, and to facilitate the invention of novel brain-centered technologies, tremendous benefit would be gained by expanding the accessibility of Electroencephalography (EEG) to non-traditional users. A key driver for expanding accessibility is lowering cost while improving ease of use. Recently released systems have lowered cost, but at the expense of reduc ...

Despite over 100 years of research, decompression illness (DCI) remains the mission-limiting factor in the design and execution of combat dives. Divers may spend over an hour decompressing after spending as little as ten minutes at the target depth. While decompressing, the diver is limited in vertical mobility, making him susceptible to detection and threatening his survivability. Current stra ...

To address the DARPA need to develop a set of biodegradable materials and industry-compatible fabrication processes for demonstrating fully biodegradable, biomedical sensor/actuator systems with electronic performance comparable to silicon on insulator (SOI)-based systems, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop a new Biodegradable Amorphous Metal-Oxide Printable Electronics (BioAMP) ...

Many techniques have been proposed in the recent literature that look to deliver improved net-work spectral efficiency by managing interference. These include Multi-antenna techniques, antenna polarimetric techniques, DSA based approaches, interference alignment techniques, and multiuser detection (MUD) techniques. To date, however, these techniques working in isolation have fallen short of achiev ...

There are small but significant electromagnetic fields associated with adversaries'operations in the near-field, including electric generators, power distribution systems and underground power lines. By using our proposed coherent laser-based sensing techniques detections out to 10 km may be feasible. These fields typically oscillate at a known frequency, e.g., 60 Hz. There is also significan ...

Detection of buried facilities used for nefarious purposes by state or non-state actors Reliable transmission and reception of messages to bomber, tanker and reconnaissance wing-command posts requires a high degree of robustness and redundancy in the event of a nuclear attack. One key feature of this transmission and reception capability is the VLF radio, capable of broadcasting worldwide by use ...

We propose a gravitational-radiation military communications system which is based on quantum-mechanical parametric amplifiers, oscillators, and transducers. In the transmitter at a remote site A, a parametric amplifier using a Planck-mass-scale, moving s

Pressure gain combustion (PGC) offers means to a more efficient energy use in propulsion and power generation devices. Integrating PGC concepts in gas turbine engines often results in highly unsteady flow conditions at turbine inlet. Further, the backpres

NextGen Aeronautics (NextGen) and University of Southern California (USC, RI) team of experienced composite materials, structural design, and analyses personnel are responding to the opportunity to develop stochastically verified composite structural desi